The Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore bought a $500,000 simulator this year to train crane operators at the Port of Baltimore without affecting the day-to-day loading and unloading of cargo.
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Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics, TCA
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Crane Simulator Trains Baltimore Longshoremen Without Disrupting Dock Operations
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Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Mike Molitor, Great Dane’s director of business development, speaks at the press conference. (Anneliese Mahoney/Transport Topics)
Great Dane Introduces ‘FleetPulse’ Smart Trailer System
Mike Molitor, Great Dane’s director of business development, speaks at the press conference. (Anneliese Mahoney/Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — Great Dane has introduced FleetPulse, its new smart trailer telematics system that is the result of a three-year project. It is available now and intended to begin to prepare a foundation for trailers in the emerging world of electrification, autonomy and smart distribution centers.
October 27, 2019
Government, Business, Safety
Covenant attorneys James Prather and Bowman Fetzer, of New Orleans law firm Galloway Johnson, said they spent at least three months investigating the accident. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Five Indicted in New Orleans Over Allegations of ‘Staged’ Accident With Truck
Covenant attorneys James Prather and Bowman Fetzer, of New Orleans law firm Galloway Johnson, said they spent at least three months investigating the accident. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
A federal grand jury in New Orleans has indicted five individuals on six counts of an alleged wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a 2017 auto accident with a tractor-trailer that prosecutors say was staged.
October 25, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Southeastern Freight Lines started to implement Lean strategies in its shops in 2016. (Southeastern Freight Lines)
Maximizing Truck Maintenance
Southeastern Freight Lines started to implement Lean strategies in its shops in 2016. (Southeastern Freight Lines)
Manufacturing first embraced Lean and Six Sigma techniques — tools and strategies to improve business processes — in the 1980s, and the concepts are gaining ground in truck maintenance shops. Those in the trucking industry who have applied Lean or Six Sigma processes said they can cut waste and increase their shops’ efficiency.
October 25, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel
View of the inaugural 2017 North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta. This year's show covers more exhibition space.
NACV to Feature Top Truck Makers, Industry Suppliers
View of the inaugural 2017 North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta. This year's show covers more exhibition space.
The trucking industry’s premier players are set to land in Atlanta for the biennial North American Commercial Vehicle Show.
October 25, 2019
Government, Business, Safety
A driver relaxes in his sleeper berth. (Volvo Trucks North America via YouTube)
Fireworks Companies Seek HOS Exemption From FMCSA
A driver relaxes in his sleeper berth. (Volvo Trucks North America via YouTube)
Two pyrotechnics companies have asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to grant them exemption from certain hours-of-service rules.
October 24, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press
More Groups Advocating For Highway Bill, Infrastructure Push Congress
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press
A coalition of nearly 40 prominent infrastructure stakeholders has urged the powerful Republican leader of the U.S. Senate to set up consideration for a comprehensive highway bill this year.
October 24, 2019
Government, Business, Safety
Trucks park for a rest break along the side of Interstate 66 in Manassas, Va. (Jim Galligan for Transport Topics)
FMCSA Receives More Than 2,600 Comments on HOS Proposal
Trucks park for a rest break along the side of Interstate 66 in Manassas, Va. (Jim Galligan for Transport Topics)
The variety of the more than 2,600 written public comments on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed changes to its hours-of-service rules illustrate the challenge of finding solutions that address the concerns of the trucking industry’s different segments.
October 24, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Haldex Group
Haldex Sees Net Income Fall, Revenue Rise in Q3
Haldex Group
Commercial vehicle brake supplier Haldex AB reported lower third-quarter earnings and higher revenue as it increased sales slightly in North America.
October 24, 2019
Government, Business, Safety, TCA
Vehicles travel along Interstate 69 north of Angola, Ind. (Associated Press/Joe Raymond)
How Indiana Got to the ‘I-69 Finish Line’
Vehicles travel along Interstate 69 north of Angola, Ind. (Associated Press/Joe Raymond)
The Indiana Department of Transportation has dubbed Section 6 of the Interstate 69 project the “I-69 Finish Line.”
October 24, 2019